The United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) for Afghanistan said in a statement Tuesday that Japan has pledged $1.3 million to bolster health services in Helmand province....
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday Mawlavi Hebatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has, for the first time, visited the...
More areas of land have been cultivated with cotton in southern Helmand province after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) imposed a ban on poppy cultivation....
Residents in Helmand say that although the government has launched the second phase of the Kajaki Dam power plant project the water level is too low...
The Kajaki Dam hydroelectric power plant project in Helmand province was officially inaugurated Wednesday after being completed at a cost of $174 million. This key project,...
The Kajaki Dam’s hydro-electric plant in Helmand province is scheduled to be switched on this week after repairs were completed on the turbines. Local...
British armed forces minister James Heappey has said that any fresh allegations about the behavior of UK Special Forces in Afghanistan will be investigated. This week, the...
Three hundred people have reportedly been hospitalized and are being treated for cholera in Kandahar and Helmand provinces, officials said Tuesday. The death toll has not...
Health officials in Helmand province said Sunday that 20 people died in the past 24 hours of cholera and a further 120 have been infected. Citing...
The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has expanded communication and high speed internet services to remote parts of southern Afghanistan. AWCC officials said on Thursday people...
Acting Education Minister Mawlavi Noorullah Munir this week visited southern Helmand province ahead of the new school year in tropical provinces and said the Ministry would...
Afghan government on Sunday confirmed that US B-52 bombers targeted Taliban in Jawzjan and Paktia provinces on Saturday night. The government said the B-52’s targeted Taliban...
The United Nations is ‘deeply concerned’ about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah, who could be trapped by...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed its deep concerns over civilians’ casualties in southern Helmand province as the Taliban continue offensives across...
Médecins Sans Frontières reported Tuesday that while fighting has been intense since May in Helmand province, clashes between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban have...
Officials confirmed that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have retaken control of two districts in Helmand and Samangan provinces in the past 24 hours....
At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded in airstrikes by the Afghan forces in southern Helmand province, the Afghan military said in...
Six Pakistani members of al-Qaeda on the Indian Subcontinent, along with eight Taliban members were killed in airstrikes on hideouts on Wednesday in Helmand Province. According...
At least 11 civilians were killed Thursday morning in a roadside IED blast in Helmand province, security officials said. According to the officials the blast occurred...